Degree | Type | Year |
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2500259 Political Science and Public Management | OB | 3 |
2503778 International Relations | OB | 2 |
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For students of the Degree in Political Science and Public Management: The student is assumed to know, at least, the concepts, theories and knowledge covered in the courses ' Political Science' and 'Administration and Public Policies'. In addition, it is recommended that the student has completed and passed the course 'Comparative Politics I'.
For students of the Degree in International Relations: The student is assumed to know, at least, the concepts, theories and knowledge covered in the course 'Political Science'. In addition, it is recommended that the student has completed and passed the course 'Public Policy Analysis.
Students are assumed to read texts in English. They are also assumed to regularly read newspapers, blogs, and other regular sources of information.
This subject is compulsory in the 3rd year of the Degree in Political Science and Public Management and in the 2nd year Degree in International Relations. Overall, the course's main objective is that students acquire basic theoretical and empirical knowledge of the European Union and learn the capacities to use it in the analysis and interpretation of European political processes. The most specific objectives are: first, learning the historical process of European integration, the evolution and current functioning of the main political institutions and the inter-institutional relations; secondly, learning the main political dynamics and decision-making processes of the EU through the analysis of some of the most relevant recent political events at European level; third, getting used to the institutional sources of data on the European Union and learning how to use them to conduct empirical studies; finally, knowing the main theoretical approaches that currently dominate the field of European studies.
CONTENTS
BLOCK 1. Creation of the European Communities and evolution of the process of European integration
Unit 1. Historical origins of the European Communities. The ECSC, the EEC and EURATOM
Unit 2. The Single European Act and the Maastricht Treaty
Unit 3. The Amsterdam Treaty, the Nice Treaty, the failed 'Constitutional Treaty'
Unit 4. The Lisbon Treaty
BLOCK 2. Main institutions and bodies of the European Union
Unit 5. The European Council
Unit 6. The Council of the European Union
Unit 7. The European Commission
Unit 8. The European Parliament
Unit 9. The Court of Justice of the European Union
Unit 10. The European Central Bank
Unit 11. Other bodies of the European Union
BLOCK 3. The decision-making process in the European Union
Unit 12. The institutional triangle Commission - Parliament - Council. The legislative process
BLOCK 4. Theories of European integration
Unit 13. The debate neofunctionalism - intergovernmentalism; the liberal intergovernmental – constructivism debate; the new institutionalism; multilevel governance; the European Union as a political system
BLOCK 5. The EU in times of crisis
Unit 14. Attitudes, Euroscepticism, and the far-right
Unit 15. The EU and Turkey
Unit 16. The EU and Ukraine
Unit 17. The EU and the global challenges
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Master sessions (by the professor) | 30 | 1.2 | 4, 6, 7 |
Oral presentation of essays | 7.5 | 0.3 | 2, 5, 6, 13, 14, 22, 25, 26, 27 |
Seminars and practical sessions | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 6, 17, 19, 22, 27 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 15 | 0.6 | 16 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Preparation of an essay in groups | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 6, 13, 22, 26, 28 |
Readings | 30 | 1.2 | 6, 14, 22 |
Study | 30 | 1.2 | 6, 14, 16, 22, 26 |
The methodology of the Institutions and Politics of the European Union combines various training activities designed so that the student reaches the learning outcomes. These include autonomous, directed and supervised activities. The autonomous activities include the individual study (30 hours), the reading of texts (30 hours) and the preparation of works in groups (15 hours). The directed activities include master sessions (30 hours), seminars and practical sessions (15 hours), and the public presentation of essays (7.5 hours). Supervised activities include tutorized follow-up (15 hours).
Type of activity |
Activity |
Hours |
Learning outcomes |
Directed 52.5 hours (35%) |
Master classes with ICT support and group discussion |
30 |
Understanding the historical process of European integration, the functioning of the institutions, the political processes of the EU and the main theories of European integration |
|
Public presentation of essays |
7,5 |
Public presentation of the knowledge acquired in a proper way |
|
Seminars and practical classes
|
15 |
Active, informed and conceptually correct participation in the debates and practical sessions |
Supervised 15 hours (10%) |
Tutoring |
15 |
Clarification of doubts and complementary supervision of the training activities |
Autonomous 75 hours (50%) |
Reading texts |
30 |
Understanding the main theoretical and empirical contributions on the European Union |
|
Study |
30 |
Understanding concepts and institutional dynamics in the European Union |
Preparation of team work |
15 |
Demonstrate the understanding of EU political processes |
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Oral participation in seminars and sessions | 5% | 0.5 | 0.02 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28 |
Preparation of an essay and oral presentation | 25% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 |
Test on readings | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23 |
Written exam | 50% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23 |
Continuous evaluation
The evaluation represents approximately 5% of the total hours, equivalent to 7.5 hours.
The assessment consists of the following deliveries by the student:
• Written exam on knowledge about the subject: 50% of the final score. Passing the exam is a necessary but not sufficient condition to pass the subject
• 2 reading exams: 20% of the final score (each control weights 10% of the final score)
• Submission and presentation of coursework made in a group: 25% of the final score. Passing the coursework is is a necessary but not sufficient condition to pass the subject
• Oral participation in seminars and sessions: 5% of the final score
Important considerations:
Single evaluation
The single evaluation of the assignment represents approximately 5% of the total hours, equivalent to about 7.5 hours.
The single evaluation will consist of the following evidence from the students:
Important considerations:
Basic bibliography
Michelle Cini & Nieves Perez-Solorzano, European Union Politics, Oxford University Press, pp 157-175
Hix, S. & B. Hoyland (2022), El Sistema Político de la Unión Europea. McGraw Hill
Hix, S. & B. Hoyland (2022), The Political System of the European Union. McGraw Hill. https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.are.uab.cat/lib/uab/detail.action?pq-origsite=primo&docID=6992939
Ripoll Servent, A. (2017), The European Parliament, Palgrave MacMillan
Complementary bibliography
Anghel, V. & Erik Jones (2023) Is Europe really forged through crisis? Pandemic EU and the Russia – Ukraine war, Journal of European Public Policy, 30:4, 766-786, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2022.2140820
Ares, C. & L. Bouza García (2019), Política de la Unión Europea. Crisis y continuidad, Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.
Genschel, P. (2022) Bellicist integration? The war in Ukraine, the European Union and core state powers, Journal of European Public Policy, 29:12, 1885-1900, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2022.2141823
Morata, F. (1998), La Unión Europea, Barcelona: Ariel. Caps. 1, 2.
Zestos, G. K., & Benedict, J. M. (2018). European Monetary Integration: A History. Encyclopedia of International Economics and Global Trade. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George-Zestos/publication/325070683_European_Monetary_Integration_A_History/links/5d715d79299bf1cb808abaa5/European-Monetary-Integration-A-History.pdf
Zeitlin, J., F. Nicoli & B. Laffan (2019), 'Introduction: the European Union beyond the polycrisis? Integration and politicization in an age of shifting cleavages', Journal of European Public Policy 26(7): 963-976. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13501763.2019.1619803
Institucional websites
Portal de la UE: http://europa.eu/
Parlament Europeu: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/default_en.htm?redirection
Parlament Europeu, Handbook on the Ordinary Legislative Procedure: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/olp/en/ordinary-legislative-procedure/handbook-on-the-ordinary-legislative-procedure
Consell Europeu: http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european-council/index_es.htm
Consell de la UE: http://consilium.europa.eu/showPage.ASP?lang=es
Comissió Europea: http://ec.europa.eu/index_es.htm
Tribunal de Justícia de la UE: http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/court-justice/index_es.htm
Observatori Legislatiu de la UE: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do
Web European Parliament on EU institutions: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/section/187/las-instituciones-y-los-organos-de-la-union-europea
EUR-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=es
Webs on the EU:
Politico: https://www.politico.eu/
Eurobserver: http://www.euobserver.com
Eupolitix: http://www.eupolitics.com
Excel
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 51 | English | second semester | afternoon |
(SEM) Seminars | 1 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 10 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 51 | English | second semester | afternoon |
(SEM) Seminars | 510 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 51 | English | second semester | afternoon |